Miller v. State

BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Charles Lewis Miller has appealed from the order of the Circuit Court of New Madrid County overruling his Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., motion to vacate his sentence of life imprisonment for second degree murder. An evidentiary hearing was conducted and the trial court made and entered findings of fact and conclusions of law denying the motion. We affirm.

Appellant was arrested in April 1979, and charged with capital murder [§ 565.001, RSMo 1978] for the stabbing death of a motorist who had given appellant and a companion, both hitchhikers, a ride. An experienced…